The annual Fall Festival in Uptown Collinsville is seeking entrants for the Chili Cook-Off. Contestants are asked to prepare 10 gallons of their best chili for the event that is billed as a great fundraiser for organizations. Prizes will be awarded for the top three contestants in three categories; traditional, non-traditional and best booth presentation. […]

Tyler Hulsey will attend the Congress of Future Medical Leaders in November, along with some of the top future medical students in the country. Tyler, a Collinsville High School junior, is interested in medicine, his mother, Cary Hulsey said, but not in the traditional sense. “More than being a doctor, he is interested in medical […]

The Kahok volleyball players gave each McCluer North player a flower before the game as a show of support for the team from the Ferguson-Florissant school district whose school and practices were derailed for the past two weeks by the violent protests in Ferguson. The teams posed together for a picture before the game, and the […]